Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c53.49
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c53.49
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Thus it is evident that Śālā primarily means a thatch of straw (Chāla) for shelter of men or their cattle and stores. Later on this acquired more and longer denotation of such stalls and sheds. As time passed and its use was in great vogue, it came to mean a house in general (cf. Śālāpati—house-holder). Finally, as is even today, it has come to mean a single section or a single room of a house as is clear from words like Agni-śālā Patnī-śālā, Gośālā, Vājiśālā, Gajaśālā, etc. etc.